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´óÏó´«Ã½ Electric Proms 2008: A Tale of Two Cities
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 London and Liverpool to co-host unique music festival
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The Last Shadow Puppets, The Streets and Nitin
Sawhney to headline
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Tony Christie, Wild Beasts, XX Teens, Wave Machines
and The Maybes also confirmed
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The Last Shadow Puppets, The Streets and Nitin Sawhney are
amongst the first names confirmed to play at the ´óÏó´«Ã½ÌýElectric
Proms 2008, which takes place in London and Liverpool from
22 to 26 October.
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The Last Shadow Puppets – Arctic Monkey's Alex Turner and
Miles Kane of The Rascals – will play Liverpool's
Philharmonic Hall, while Mike Skinner's The Streets and
Mercury Music Prize nominee Nitin Sawhney are to perform in
London's Roundhouse.
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The festival, dedicated to creating new moments in music,
will kick off in Liverpool with legendary singer Tony
Christie playing on the Royal Daffodil Ferry.
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´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio
Merseyside's Dave Monks will introduce sets from local bands
Wave Machines and The Maybes in the station's performance
space, while rising stars XX Teens and Wild Beasts will
perform in London.
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More acts will be announced for both
cities in the coming weeks.
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Liverpool – the European Capital of Culture – is to co-host
the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Electric Proms for the first time at venues including
the Philharmonic Hall, Barfly and Radio Merseyside.
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In
London, shows will return to venues across Camden including
the Roundhouse, Barfly, KOKO, Dingwalls and the Electric
Ballroom.
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The festival will feature separate line-ups in the
two cities.
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Festival Director Lorna Clarke said: "The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Electric
Proms is centred on new moments in music, and we are
delighted to be able to join the celebrations of the European
Capital of Culture by bringing the festival to Liverpool for
the first time.
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"Hosting a dual city event is completely new
to the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Electric Proms and will help us reach an even
wider audience with an extended line-up."
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More than 80 artists are to appear at the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Electric Proms
2008 and each performance will aim to create a new musical
experience.
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Whether collaborations between new and
established acts or new material performed for the first
time, audiences are guaranteed to see and hear something
truly memorable whether at the venue, watching and listening
on the ´óÏó´«Ã½, interacting with red button technology or on
mobile.
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The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Electric Proms has also commissioned three new ´óÏó´«Ã½ÌýNew Music Shorts for 2008.
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Film makers were invited to submit
ideas for inventive and original short films inspired by
tracks from Roots Manuva, XX Teens and Wild Beasts earlier
this year.
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The three successful commissions will be premiered
at the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Electric Proms with performances from both XX
Teens and Wild Beasts.
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Tickets will go on sale in mid-September. Further additions to the line-up will be revealed then.
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Electric Proms on the ´óÏó´«Ã½
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Further artists and performances will be announced over the
coming weeks. The festival can be viewed and watched via a
number of different platforms on the ´óÏó´«Ã½.
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Radio: there will be live and recorded broadcasts from all
areas of the festival on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 1, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 2, 1Xtra, ´óÏó´«Ã½ 6 Music, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Asian Network and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Merseyside.
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TV: highlights from this year's Electric Proms will be
screened on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Four with additional performances
available to digital television viewers via
the red button.
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Online: Complete performances will be available to watch for
a week after the festival along with photos and interviews at
bbc.co.uk/electricproms.
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Full listings information will be available on the Electric
Proms website at bbc.co.uk/electricproms.
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´óÏó´«Ã½ Electric Proms information hotline: 03703 333 432.
Ìý Mini-Com: 020 7485 9009.
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Notes to Editors
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´óÏó´«Ã½ Electric Proms is a five-day multi-venue festival
featuring music and film taking place in London and
Liverpool.
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Venues in London include The Roundhouse, The Barfly,
KOKO, The Electric Ballroom, Dingwalls, Freedom Studio and
Cecil Sharpe House.
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Venues in Liverpool include the Philharmonic Hall,
Barfly, Royal Daffodil ferry and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Merseyside.
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Tickets will go on sale in mid-September, full
details will be announced soon.
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There will be a very restricted number of reduced
price tickets (£5) that will be made available in the week of
the festival.
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Last year over 250,000 people visited the Electric
Proms website with over 850,000 requests to watch
performances.
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´óÏó´«Ã½ New Music Shorts were commissioned to be inspired
by the following tracks: C.R.U.F.F. by Roots Manuva,
Round by XX Teens and She Purred While I Grred by Wild
Beasts.
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C.R.U.F.F. by Roots Manuva; Director Jessica
Ferguson – children discover the darker consequences to
beachside war games.
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Round by XX Teens; Director Kirk Hendry – a tale of
death and rebirth rages in a jungle world of shadowy hands.
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She Purred While I Grred by Wild Beasts; Director
James Lees – a man explores his parallel obsessions: his
girlfriend and the art of vacuum-packing.
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´óÏó´«Ã½ New Music Shorts will go live online and on red
button the same day that they premiere at the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Electric
Proms. Ìý
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